Explanatory note

This Order appoints 1 April 2013 as the date upon which the amendments made by Schedule 22 to the Finance Act 2012 (c.14) (“Schedule 22”) comes into force. Paragraphs 14, 15 and 16(3) of Schedule 22 are excluded from the scope of this Order as they came into force on the day upon which the Finance Act 2012 was passed.

Schedule 22 makes certain amendments to Chapter 7 of Part 8 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010 (c.4) (reduction of supplementary charge for certain oil fields) to bring a new description of oil field, referred to as an “additionally-developed oil field”, within the scope of that Chapter.

A Tax Information and Impact Note covering this instrument was published on 23 October 2012 and is available on the HMRC website at http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/thelibrary/tiins.htm. It remains an accurate summary of the impacts that result from this instrument.